Re: Re: Inserting a mini toc into the chapter heading

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 09:10 PM 2/14/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>For all you propeller-heads that like to see bad code here's my
>chapter heading setup:
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>
>%output=pdf
>
>%% chapter head layout
>\setupcolors[state=start]
>\setuplist[section]
>           [style=boldslanted,
>            align=right,
>            interaction=all,
>            symbol=1,
>            width=0.5em,
>            pagenumber=no,
>            before=,
>            after=]
>\setuphead[chapter]
>           [header=empty,
>            numberstyle=ChapterTitleNumberFont,
>            textstyle=ChapterTitleTextFont
>            alternative=command,
>            command=\ContentsHead,
>            page=right,
>            after={\blank[2*big]}]
>\definefont[ChapterTitleTextFont][Serif at 24.9pt]
>\definefont[ChapterTitleNumberFont][SerifBold at 40pt]
>\def\ContentsHead#1#2%
>   {\setupframed[frame=off]

                           ^ add % here to prevent spurious space

>    \framed[width=\hsize,offset=overlay]
>      {\placesidebyside
>         {\doifelsenothing{#1}

or        \doifmodeelse{*sectionnumber}

>            {\framed [width=.6\hsize]{}} % dummy
>            {\framed [width=.6\hsize,offset=1em,strut=no,align=right,
>                      background=screen]
>               {\vi In this chapter: \blank
>                  \placelist[section][criterium=chapter]}}}
>         {\framed [width=.4\hsize,strut=no,align=left]
>                     %% Typeset Chapter Number
>                     {\hbox{\vbox to 24.9pt{% height ChapterTitleTextFont
>                           \vss
>                           #1}}}
>            \vfilll}
>      }%
>    %% Typeset Chapter Title
>    \llap{\lower24.9pt\hbox{#2\hskip0.5em}}}
>
>\showmakeup

i didn't look how it looks (so i will not comment on that)

about bad code: you will always need some low level coding to achieve 
certain effects; also the code does not look that bad -)

Hans
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